The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.gov blog. In this series, we showcase articles that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.: A Day on, Not a Day off
Huffington Post, Jan. 8, 2013
This year, on Jan. 21, 2013, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a federal agency that leads President Obama's national call to service initiative, is encouraging organizations to honor MLK Jr. Day by volunteering for projects that support veterans and military families, educate communities on disaster preparedness, promote education and provide economic opportunities to the underprivileged. More than 30 national organizations, including the American Red Cross, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Habitat for Humanity, are strategic partners with the CNCS and will be holding local events through their chapters in various U.S. cities. Read more >>

AmeriCorps

Our greatest attribute: Helping others in need
Politico, Jan. 9, 2013
As the volunteer leaders of the bipartisan board of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a unique federal agency that runs programs such as AmeriCorps, we are fortunate to see the phenomenon — citizens truly united — every day. Read more >>

Find out how Godwin Heights Public Schools topped districts regularly touted as the state's best
M Live (Michigan), Jan. 10, 2013
Administrators, teachers and others at the suburban Grand Rapids district don't let a high-poverty rate, transiency and other impediments to education slow -- or excuse -- student progress and high achievement expectations. …

Seeds are planted at the elementary level, where the district has received recognition for its academic strides over the years. This school year AmeriCorps tutors are working one-on-one with students at West Elementary to build phonics and fluency skills, as part of a pilot. Read more >>

Gates Foundation gives NCW $340,000 grant for reading
The Wenatchee World (Washington), Jan. 10, 2013
The Community Foundation of North Central Washington and Chelan-Douglas United Way announced Wednesday that they'll use part of the money to put Intermountain AmeriCorps volunteers to work in 15 low-income schools around the region to boost the number of students reading at grade level to 90 percent. Read more >>

AmeriCorps VISTA

Growing bike rack business run by homeless men
Cleveland.com (Ohio), Jan. 7, 2013
Six members of AmeriCorps VISTA have been working with Mauk on his enterprise program, including brainstorming for new ventures. "They've come up with ideas from selling peanuts to curing cancer," he said. Read more >>

Senior Corps

Local Veterans get a boost from foster grandparents
The Gainesville Sun (Florida), Jan. 10, 2013
Alachua County veterans received love and support Thursday morning from about 100 grandparents they never knew they had. Members of the Alachua County Foster Grandparent Program gathered at the Senior Recreation Center on Northwest 34th Street to bundle “life packs,” filled with food and household supplies, for struggling veterans in honor of the National Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Read more >>

Social Innovation Fund

Charity Miles Programs and their Lesson for Government
Forbes.com, Jan. 10, 2013
They are among a prestigious list of funders providing matching dollars for the federal Social Innovation Fund, a signature initiative of the Obama Administration which sets as its explicit goal “scaling what works”. The Fund is channeling that combination of public and private money to nearly 200 organizations around the country. Read more >>

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service, and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.
 

The Service News Digest is a regular feature on the Serve.Gov blog. In this series, we showcase news highlights that feature national service and Corporation for National and Community Service programs. Take a look at some of the great stories that had people talking recently.